Amarkanan is a village in the

Gangajalghati Gangajalghati is a village in Gangajalghati CD block in the Bankura Sadar subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Gangajalghati is located at . Area overview The map alongside shows the B ...

CD block in the Bankura Sadar subdivision of the

Bankura district Bankura district (Pron: bãkuɽa) is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. Bankura district is surrounded by Purba Bardhaman distri ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Amarkanan is located at

Area overview

The map alongside shows the Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district. Physiographically, this area is part of the Bankura Uplands in the west gradually merging with the Bankura-Bishnupur Rarh Plains in the north-east. The western portions are characterised by undulating terrain with many hills and ridges. The area is having a gradual descent from the

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the bas ...

. The soil is

laterite Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...

red and hard beds are covered with scrub jungle and sal wood. Gradually it gives way to just uneven rolling lands but the soil continues to be lateritic. There are coal mines in the northern part, along the

Damodar River Damodar River (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. Rich in mineral resources, the valley is home to large-scale mining and industrial activity. Earlier known as the Sorrow of Bengal bec ...

.It is a predominantly rural area with 89% of the population living in rural areas and only 11% living in the urban areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Civic administration

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Gangajalghati CD block are located at Amarkanan.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Amarkanan is not mentioned separately. It is possibly included in adjacent Bhairabpur. As per

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

Bhairabpur had a total population of 4,669 of which males were 2,379 (51%) and females wer 2,290 (40%). Population in the age group 0-6 years was 506.The total number of literate persons in Bhairabpur was 2,911 (69.93% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

National Highway 14, (old numbering

NH 60 National Highway 60 or NH 60 is a National Highway of India that runs from the junction with NH 5 at Balasore to junction with NH 34 at Morgram. It passes through Jaleswar, Dantan, Belda, Narayangarh, Kharagpur, Medinipur, Salboni, Chandr ...

), running from

Morgram Morgram (also spelled Moregram) is a village and gram panchayat in the Sagardighi CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Morgram is located at . Villages in Morgr ...

Kharagpur Kharagpur () is a planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision. It is the largest, most populated, multicultural and cosmopol ...

, passes through Amarkanan. In this sector, State Highway 8 from Santaldih (in Purulia district) to Majhdia (in North 24 Parganas) shares a common route with NH 14.

Tourist spots

* Koro Hill: The 400 feet high Koro Hill near Amarkanan is a major trekking and picnic attraction for tourists. It is 19 km from Bankura. * Gangdua Dam: The 4,900 feet dam across the Shali river, with a reservoir behind it, is a popular picnic spot. It is 4 km from Amarkanan and 28 km from

Bankura Bankura () is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bankura district. Etymology In the Mahabharata, Bankura was described as Suhmobhumi. The word or (in Nagari: rāḍh) was introduced af ...

Education

Gobindaprasad Mahavidyalaya was established in 1985 to pay homage to Gobinda Prasad Singha, an Indian independence activist. It is affiliated to the

Bankura University Bankura University is a public state university in Bankura, West Bengal, India. It was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature notified in the Kolkata Gazette. It offers courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. History ...

and offers honours courses in Bengali, English, history and geography and a general course in arts. Amarkanan Deshbandhu Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1939. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 20 computers, a library with 711 books and a playground. Shamayita Convent School, is an English-medium coeducational school established in 1986. It is a senior secondary school following the

Central Board of Secondary Education The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board ...

syllabus.

Healthcare

Gangajalgati (Amar Kanan) Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at PO Amarkanan, is the major government medical facility in the Gangjalghati CD block. There are primary health centres at

(with 4 beds), Ramharipur (with 4 beds) and Srichandrapur (with 10 beds).

References

External links

* {{Bankura District Villages in Bankura district Tourist attractions in Bankura district